Improvement in combination tools



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Letters Patent-No. 111,754, dated February 14,1871.

IMPROVEMENT I`N COMBINATION TOOLS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makin'g part of thesame.

l, JosIAH B, LAMKIN, of Champaign city, in the county of Champaign andState of Illinois, have invented a certain Combination of rlools, of'which the following is a specification. i

Object of the Invention.

The object ot` the invention is to combine in one instrument, forconvenience, several tools, namely, a hammer, Wrench, screw-driver,rule, lentliewpniich, ghnlet, scratch-and, and Compasses.

General Description.

lar t the handle B, it can be moved to and fro,bring ing lever I) downparallel to handle B. The notches in jaw G fit tightly into notches K,and hold jaw C E is a leather-punch placed in leverD in such a mannerthat, by placing jaw C in the last notch on handle'B, it strikes uponpunch-block f.

Again, by raising lever D to a position perpendicular to the handle B,jaw C can be `slipped off from B. Thnsdetached, A and B can be used asa. hammer, a rule, or a lscrew-driver. f

H and I are a scratch-awl and gimlet, respectively, of which D is thehandle, each of which, when not in use, can be turned in and fit intorabbet-s c in le. verl), thus being out of the way. The two combinedform a pair of Compasses.

What I claim as my inyention, 'and desire to secure by Letters latent,is-

An implement constructed as herein shown and described.

J. B. LAMKIN;

Witnesses:

It. E. MOORE, J. B. WATKINs.

